Description
Taking Woodstock DVD 2009 Woodstock a kertemben / Directed by Ang Lee / Starring: Demetri Martin, Dan Fogler, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff
UPC 5999544257795
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN EU
AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 5.1
SUBTITLES: Hungarian
TOTAL RUNTIME: 116 minutes
English Summary:
Set in 1969, the film follows the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), an aspiring Greenwich Village interior designer whose parents, Jake (Henry Goodman) and Sonia (Imelda Staunton), own the small dilapidated El Monaco Resort in White Lake, in the town of Bethel, New York. A hippie theater troupe, The Earthlight Players, rents the barn, but can hardly pay any rent. Due to financial trouble, the motel may have to be closed, but Elliot pleads with the local bank not to foreclose on the mortgage and Sonia delivers a tirade about her struggles as a Russian refugee. The family is given until the end of the summer to pay up.
Elliot plans to hold a small musical festival, and has, for $1, obtained a permit from the town's chamber of commerce (of which he is also the president). When he hears that the organizers of the Woodstock Festival face opposition against the originally planned location, he offers his permit and the motel accommodations to organizer Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff). A neighbor, Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy), provides his nearby farm land; first they agree on a fee of $5,000, but after realizing how many people will come, Yasgur demands $75,000, which the organizers reluctantly accept. Elliot comes to agreement about the fee for the motel more smoothly. Initial objections by his mother quickly disappear when she sees the cash paid in advance.
Hungarian Summary:
Elliot Tiber egy Greenwich Village-i belsőépítész, mindemellett saját családi vállalkozását, egy motelt is menedzsel. Amikor tudomást szerez arról, hogy a szomszéd település lakói nem adnak helyszínt egy nagyszabású koncertnek, szervezésbe kezd annak érdekében, hogy az ő városukban kerüljön megrendezésre. Mivel a városrészben sokan kedvelik Elliotot, örömmel fogadják az ott lakók az ötletét.
Cast / Szereplők:
- Demetri Martin as Elliot Teichberg/Tiber, who volunteered his family's motel to be the home base for Woodstock concert organizers which would take place on a nearby farm[5]
- Imelda Staunton as Sonia Teichberg[5]
- Henry Goodman as Jake Teichberg[5]
- Liev Schreiber as Betty von Vilma, a gay transvestite.[5]
- Jonathan Groff as Woodstock organizer Michael Lang[5]
- Eugene Levy as Max Yasgur, who owns the nearby farm[5]
- Emile Hirsch as Billy, a recently returned Vietnam vet[5]
- Paul Dano and Kelli Garner as a hippie couple in a VW attending the concert[5]
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Dan, Billy's brother and in opposition to the festival
- Adam Pally as festival co-organizer Artie Kornfeld
- Mamie Gummer as Tisha, Lang's assistant[5]
- Dan Fogler as Devon, a local theater troupe head[5]
- Skylar Astin as John P. Roberts, who bankrolled the Festival and co-organizer of Woodstock
- Adam LeFevre as Dave
- Richard Thomas as Reverend Don
- Kevin Chamberlin as Jackson Spiers
- Darren Pettie as Paul, the construction worker Elliot is attracted to
- Katherine Waterston as Penny
- Damian Kulash (uncredited) as a guitar-playing hippie
Directed by | Ang Lee |
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Produced by | James Schamus Ang Lee Celia Costas |
Screenplay by | James Schamus |
Based on | Taking Woodstock by Elliot Tiber Tom Monte |
Starring | Demetri Martin Dan Fogler Henry Goodman Jonathan Groff Eugene Levy Jeffrey Dean Morgan Imelda Staunton Emile Hirsch Liev Schreiber |
Music by | Danny Elfman |
Cinematography | Eric Gautier |
Edited by | Tim Squyres |
Distributed by | Focus Features |
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116 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |